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Xian Wall - Biking around the City Wall!

From www.china-family-adventure.com. Xian's City Wall has been completely restored. It is now possible to bike around the entire perimeter. It took us about 3 hours, we stopped at the different gates to take pic's with the kids. Also some sort of...

from YouTube on Sat, Feb 09 2008

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